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Books & Co. 2002 Sanderia Faye

Season 20 Episode 2 | 26m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

Host Alberto Rios discusses "Mourner's Bench" with author Sanderia Faye.

Mourner’s Bench tells the story of brave, bold women who led the civil rights movement in the Arkansas Delta. Set in 1964, the story unfolds from the perspective of eight-year-old Sarah White, a serious child who feels ready to get baptized, but increasingly finds herself torn between the traditions of her community and her church and her mother’s progressive and feminist views.

04/01/2017 | Rating NR

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Books & Co.

Books & Co. 2002 Sanderia Faye

Season 20 Episode 2 | 26m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

Mourner’s Bench tells the story of brave, bold women who led the civil rights movement in the Arkansas Delta. Set in 1964, the story unfolds from the perspective of eight-year-old Sarah White, a serious child who feels ready to get baptized, but increasingly finds herself torn between the traditions of her community and her church and her mother’s progressive and feminist views.

04/01/2017 | Rating NR

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